Cookbook:Banana Cream Pie I

| Desserts | US Cuisine

Banana cream pie consists of a pastry shell pie filled with fresh sliced bananas in a vanilla pudding type base. A layer of whipped cream is added to the top.

Pie crust

 * Grandma's Pie Crust

Pie filling

 * ½ cup (100 g) white granulated sugar
 * 6 tablespoons all purpose flour
 * ¼ teaspoon salt
 * 2 ½ cups (600 ml) milk
 * 1 egg, whipped
 * 1 tablespoon butter
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
 * 4 ripe bananas, sliced
 * ¼ cup (60 ml) lemon juice

Pie topping

 * ½ cup heavy cream
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
 * 1 ½ teaspoons powdered sugar

Pie crust

 * 1) Prepare Grandma's Pie Crust.

Pie filling

 * 1) In the top of a double boiler, whisk together sugar, flour, salt and milk. Stir out any lumps.
 * 2) Bring water to a boil in lower portion of double boiler.
 * 3) Stir constantly until mixture is thickened, about 5 minutes.
 * 4) Place lid on mixture and continue cooking for 10 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
 * 5) Beat egg in a small bowl. Add about ½ cup of hot pie filling mixture to egg in bowl and stir well. This tempers the egg so it won't scramble when added to the hot pie filling.
 * 6) Pour tempered egg mixture into pan of hot pie filling. Stir constantly and cook for 2 more minutes.
 * 7) Remove from heat, add butter and vanilla. Stir until mixed.
 * 8) Slice 2 bananas. Dip slices in lemon juice, shake off excess and distribute banana slices in the bottom of baked pie shell.
 * 9) Pour half of pie filling over bananas in bottom of pie shell. Make sure banana slices are covered by pie filling.
 * 10) Slice remaining 2 bananas. Dip in lemon juice, shake off excess and arrange on top of filling in pie.
 * 11) Pour remainder of pie filling over second layer of bananas in pie shell. Cover all bananas with filling.
 * 12) Chill for about 1 hour before adding topping.

Pie topping

 * 1) In a large bowl, whip cream with electric mixer until peaks are just forming.
 * 2) Beat vanilla and sugar into cream and continue mixing until peaks form in cream. Don't over beat the mixture or it will form lumps and begin to turn to butter.
 * 3) Spread whipped cream mixture over pie filling on chilled pie. Keep chilled until served.

Warnings

 * The pie filling is quite hot when pouring it into pie shell. Keep this pie refrigerated.